Victor Gordon-Lennox
British Army officer and journalist
Capt. Victor Charles Hugh Gordon-Lennox (10 September 1897 – 25 January 1968) was a British Army soldier and journalist who was a diplomatic correspondent for The Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. In the lead-up to the Second World War, he was an editor of the influential conservative newsletter The Whitehall Letter.
Early life and education
Gordon-Lennox was born at 23 Lower Sloane St., Chelsea, London, into the Scottish aristocracy, the only child of politician Lord Walter Gordon-Lennox and his wife, Alice Ogilvy-Grant. His father was the youngest son of the 6th Duke of Richmond; his mother was the daughter of the Hon. George Henry Ogilvy-Grant and granddaughter of Francis Ogilvy-Grant, 6th Earl of Seafield.
He was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
Career
Military
In 1915, during First World War, Gordon-Lennox left Cambridge and enlisted in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion of the Grenadier Guards, and later served with the 1st Battalion. His uncle Major Lord Bernard Gordon-Lennox was killed in 1914 while serving in the same regiment. On 20 November 1916, two days after the Battle of the Somme ended, he was injured in the trenches east of Gueudecourt while his battalion was awaiting relief from the 59th Battalion.
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